Golf bag



Jan. 30, 1945. yL 's 2,368,095

GOLF BAG Filed Nov. 10, 1943 Patented Jan. 30, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF BAG Henry E. Baylis, Chicago, Ill.

Application November 10, 1943, Serial No. 509,655

1 Claim.

This invention relates to golf bags and has for its principal object to provide a low weight, low price golf bag which is well adapted for carrying a set of golf clubs, and which is inherently noncollapsible so that it hasno tendency to drop from the clubs when leaned against a wall or tree.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a golf bag which is adapted to receive sets of clubs of different lengths.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a golf bag which may be tilted over to a considerable degree without the clubs sliding out of the bag.

ther objects, advantages and capabilities of the invention will appear from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a side elevation of the bag;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the other side of the bag;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on the line ll of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail taken on the line 86 of Fig. 1.

Referring to drawing, my bag includes a central sheet III of fabric which may suitably be a stout duck. This sheet may suitably be of general rectangular form, but its upper end is preferably cut on the bias to provide an oblique upper edge II. To one side of the sheet I is attached another sheet I2, preferably of the same fabric.

The sheet I2 is substantially wider than the sheet Ill and it is attached thereto by stitching I3 along the longitudinal edges of both sheets, and by stitching I4 along a plurality of longitudinal llnes intermediate the edges of both sheets. The excess width of sheet I2 is distributed between adjacent stitching lines so as to provide a plurality of pockets I across the bag,

The sheet I2 is somewhat shorter than the sheet I0 and its upper edge I6 is out on the bias parallel to the edge II of sheet I0.

Along the upper edge II I provide a series of loops I'l, suitably of the same fabric, which loops correspond in number to the pockets I5 and are arranged in alignment therewith. On the other side of the sheet In I apply a sheet I8 of the same fabric, the sheet being secured by longitudinal stitchings I9 to provide pockets 20 similar to the pockets I5. The sheet I8 is preferably somewhat narrower than thesheet I2, so that it provides three pockets arranged in-register with three of the pockets IS. The upper edge 2! of the sheet I8 is vcuton the .bias'and .is generally parallelto the edge .of the sheet III. The bottoms of the pockets are closed by stitching the sheets I0, I2 and I8 together along their lower edges, preferably with the aid of a binding strip 22.

I may secure to the sheet I0, alongside the sheet I8, a strip of fabric 23 arranged to provide a pocket for golf balls. This pocket may be closed by a suitable fabric cover 24.

I provide my bag with a shoulder strap 25 which may suitably be of leather or of stout fabric. I find that I obtain perfect balance for the loaded bag by securing one end of this strap to approximately the center of the longer side of the strip ID, and the other end at the apex of the strip I0, that is atthe corner formed by the edge II and the longer side of the strip I0.

I find that the flute-like pockets I5 and 20, extending along the greater part of the length of the panel I0, serve normally to keep this panel flat. Further, the corrugated formation of the sheets I2 and I8 gives them, and the bag as a whole, a remarkable degree of rigidity. With the clubs removed my improved golf bag has sufficient rigidity so that it can stand against a wall or tree and is rigid in handling to a degree which facilitates loading the clubs into the pockets. Heretofore efforts have been made to manufacture light weight golf bags from relatively light fabric, following the usual cylindrical design. Such golf bags tend to collapse longitudinally unless made of very heavy fabric. To use relatively light fabric it has heretofore been necessary to provide rigid rings at the top and bottom of such bags and to connect these rings by a slat or lath.

My improved construction, according to which I provide longitudinal series of pockets on each side of the central sheet I0, enables me to attain with relatively light fabric a highly satisfactory rigidity of the whole bag without the aid of inherently rigid reinforcing members.

Another advantage of my bag is that it is relatively flat, so that when it is leaned against a wall or tree it does not tend to roll or rotate. A disadvantage of the round type of golf bag, which has been referred to, is that it tends to roll. It has been attempted to obviate this disadvantage by extending the slat or lath previously referred to upwardly beyond the bag and to secure a cross piece to the upward extension to prevent rolling.

My improved bag obviates this difilculty with purely fabric material.

The length of golf clubs varies with the stature of the golfer. My improved golf 'bag provides a series of pockets i5 which are arranged to receive the clubs of a golfer of relatively low stature. Such clubs are inserted into the pockets t5 Without passing their shafts through the loops H. In the case of longer clubs they are inserted through the loops I 1 into the pockets I5 in alignment therewith so that the loops I! really cooperate with the aligned pockets l5 to provide upport for the clubs up to the edge I l of the strip III.

In use the shafts of the clubs are inserted into the pockets I5 and 20. Each shaft is prevented from collision with other shafts so that the club handles are prevented from abrasion and mutilation when packed in the bag. I find the individual engagement of the shafts of the clubs within their individual pockets provides a certain degree of friction so that the bag may be accidentally tilted beyond the horizontal for 10 or 15 degrees without the clubs falling out. Notwithstanding the tendency of the bag to remain in generally flat condition, it may be rolled into small compass for packing in a locker or elsewhere.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim is:

A fabric golf bag, devoid of any inherently stiff members to prevent its collapse, comprising a single elongated foundation strip having opposite faces, a pair of elongated pocket strips, there being one of said pocket strips disposed on each face of the foundation strip, each of said pocket strips being formed to present a series of longitudinal flutes of semi-circular cross section opening toward the foundation strip and with the latter constituting golf club pockets, each of said flutes being disposed closely adjacent to a flute or flutes of the same pocket strip and flutes of each pocket strip being in registry with and opposite flutes of the other pocket strip, and longitudinal stitching attaching the pocket strips to the opposite faces of the single foundation strip laterally of and between and immediately adjacent to the flutes, the opposed flutes and the stitching cooperating to maintain the foundation strip distended both laterally and longitudinally in one plane, and each flute being supported against vertical and horizontal collapse by the other flutes, the foundation strip and the stitchmg.

HENRY E. BAYLIS. 

